The Rising Phoenix

The crown prince and the seventh prince greeted Bai Xiang and Bai Tingfeng. They were not that welcoming toward them. Then, at the same time, Liu Longwei arrived. The crown prince frowned as he saw Liu Longwei. He approached Liu Longwei.

His eyes were not on Liu Longwei but his attendant, Hou Tingguang. "Why are you here? You should know that the royal family only have 2 invitations."

"Answering Your Highness's question, we know about that." Hou Tingguang stated.

"Then, why are you still here? Bring your prince back." The crown prince looked at Liu Longwei in disdain.

"His Highness, the third prince has his own invitation." Hou Tingguang stated.

"What? That's impossible." The crown prince uttered his disbelief. "Where is the invitation?"

Hou Tingguang looked at Liu Longwei. The crown prince understood that. This fool held the invitation.

"Tell him that I want to see his invitation." The crown prince said.

"Your Highness, His Highness the Crown Prince wants to see the invitation that your fiancé gave." Hou Tingguang spoke words one by one.

"Why should I show it to you? My wifey gave it to me." Liu Longwei frowned.

"She is not your wife." The crown prince growled."

"What are you saying? She is obviously my wife. Father told me that she is going to marry me later." Liu Longwei argued.

"When did Imperial Father tell you, huh?" The crown prince asked.

"Two years ago." Liu Longwei said. Then he added. "I still stored the imperial decree from Father."

The crown prince looked stunned. He did not expect that.

"How could you know what kind of decree that Imperial Father wrote on that imperial decree? You can not even read." The crown prince argued.

"Well, Tingguang can read it. Moreover, when the eunuch sent the decree, he read it loud and clear. So, it does not matter if I can not read." Liu Longwei grinned.

The people gathered around and watched the scene. Bai Tingfeng came over to dispute the crowd. He was surprised when he saw Liu Longwei facing the crown prince.

"Lord Tingfeng, I caught my third prince sneaking into the banquet. I am sorry about that. I will ask someone to take him away." The crown prince immediately explained the situation to Bai Tingfeng.

"Huh? What are you talking about? He comes because he is invited. Xixi is the one who gives the invitation to him." Bai Tingfeng replied.

Bai Xifeng saw her friends coming and greeted them for a moment. Bai Xifeng displayed a grace a host should have when greeting the madams. Well, Bai Xifeng was not a child. She organised a few events back when she was at the university. So, she used that experience.

The final guests came. Done welcoming the guest. Bai Xifeng walked to the hall. She was surprised to see a lot of people here.

"What are you doing here?" Bai Xifeng asked the crowd.

When Liu Longwei heard the question, he rushed to Bai Xifeng's side. "Wifey!!!"

Liu Longwei wanted to pull Bai Xifeng into his arms. He stopped when Bai Xifeng glared at him. Bai Xifeng saw Bai Tingfeng.

"What is going here?" Bai Xifeng asked

Bai Tingfeng explained the situation to Bai Xifeng. Bai Xifeng glanced at the crowd, and her eyes landed on the crown prince.

"I personally handed over the invitation to him. Who are you to send him away?" Bai Xifeng did not bother to greet him and asked the question.

"That..." The crown prince wanted to explain but he did not know what to say.

"The banquet is going to start. You guys should go to the hall. If you don't want to attend the banquet, please leave." Bai Xifeng said.

The crowd began to walk to the hall.

"Let's go." Bai Xifeng said to Liu Longwei.

"Hmm." Liu Longwei responded and followed Bai Xifeng.

"Your Highnesses, please..." Bai Tingfeng gestured.

The crown prince began to move. The seventh prince quickly followed his brother.

Everyone had their seats. The butler helped people find their seats. The crown prince and the seventh prince sat together at one table with some ministers.

One of them was Zhu Family. Zhu Family connected to Qian Family, the crown prince's maternal Family, by marriage. A woman from Qian Family married into Zhu Family. The one who got invited was Zhu Yang, his wife, Qian Meixiu and his daughter, Zhu Biya.

Zhu Biya's eyes lifted up when she saw the crown prince. She did not expect to sit close to the crown prince. She really liked the crown prince. Well, she also wanted to be the future crown princess.

But on the day, at the banquet where the crown prince was seeking a new future crown princess, Zhu Biya did not attend because she was sick at that time. She was attacked by a cold. It was so bad even after drinking some elixir, the cold still had not gone away. So, at the end, she ended up, skipping the banquet. She cried so hard about that.

"Your Highness." Zhu Yang greeted the crown prince.

"Hmm..." The crown prince responded.

However, his eyes were not on them. They were looking at Bai Xifeng and Liu Longwei. That fool could sit at the main table with the Bai Family. He could not understand why Bai Xiang and Bai Tingfeng could accept someone like Liu Longwei. He was obviously a fool, did not have high cultivation and had no powerful family background.

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